Burial will follow in the church cemetery with military honors by the Randolph County Honor Guard.

Ivan was a native of Stokes County, a veteran of the United States Army and retired owner and operator of H & H Cabinet Shop. He was a member of Patterson Grove Christian Church. Ivan was preceded in death by his parents, Lonnie Vester, and Verda Whitten Hall, sisters, Eunice Johnson, Louvie Harger, Jean Wright, and Edith Little.